Observe the image and answer the following question.
Who are the attributed artists of this Mughal painting?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Abul Hasan and Manohar
Option (1) Aqa Riza and Manohar — Incorrect. Aqa Riza was the well-known Iranian painter whom Jahangir employed. He was the father of Abul Hasan, not the painter of this work.
Option (2) Aqa Riza and Basawan — Incorrect. Aqa Riza was Abul Hasan’s father. Basawan painted Madonna and Child in Akbar’s time.
Option (3) Abul Hasan and Bihzad — Incorrect. Bihzad was a master artist of the Persian school at Herat, praised in Babur’s memoirs. He is not one of the painters of this work.
Option (4) Abul Hasan and Manohar — Correct. This is Jahangir in Darbar from the Jahangirnama, attributed to Abul Hasan and Manohar (1620).
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Mughal School of Miniature Painting …Jahangir in Darbar from Jahangirnama (now, dispersed), attributed to Abul Hasan and Manohar (1620) is an excellent painting. Jahangir is at the highest level in the centre, where the eyes move immediately from his figured frame to stunning white pillars surrounded by sparkling clear colours and brilliantly framed overhead canopy.”
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